Curvilinear garter



July l5; 1930. J. v. MOORE l CURVILINEAR GARTER Filed sept. 19, 1929Patented July 15, 1930 UNITED STATES TOEN v. MOORE, OF PAWTUCKET,

PANY, 0F PAW'TUCKET, :RHODEv PATENT' OFFICE RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TOMOORE FABRIC COH- ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND cUBVILINEAB.GARTEB.

Application led September 19, 1929. Serial 11o. 393,817.

Athe wearer more snugly and remains in place more securely than theusual straight-woven type, and to provide a hose-attaching tab oflmproved construction, by which a certain amountl of vertical resiliencein the garter is attained.

My invention further relates to Aarrangements and combinations of partswhich will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 is a perspective view of my improved garter;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the elastic fabric from which thegarter is formed;

' Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the elastic fabric;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged front elevation of a portion of the garter;

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation, taken along.

the line 5 5 in Fig. 4;; Fig. 6 is a plan view of a piece of materialfor forming hose-attaching tabs; and

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view, taken along the line 7-7 in Fig. 6. VReferring to the drawings,I have indicated a--mans garter which is ingeneral 'of thev usual type of construction but which embodies'essentialnovel features.

A very important feature of the garter lies in the fact that the garteris formed of an elastic band 10, which is woven in curvilinear shape, asindicated in Fig. and which thus acquires an inherent curvilinear set.Elastic warp threads W extend continuously through the fabric and areinserted inA the fabric under uniform tension' but at va'ying ratesofdelivery from edge to edge, so that the fabric naturally assumes thecurvilinear shapeindi-A cated in Fig. 2, but all of the elastic warpthreads W under substantially uniform tension.

In the preferred construction, I vary the spacing between the warpthreads W, gradually decreasing the spacing toward the longer or outeredge ofthe fabric. By so doing, I offset the fan-like distribution ofthe weft threads and secure a curvilinear elastic fabric ofsubstantially uniform weight and thickness throughout each unit areathereof. j

By forming the garter of such a curvilinear elastic fabric, the garternaturally assumes an upwardly tapering shape, corresponding in generalto the upper calf of the leg, around which it fits more snugly, while atthe same time it is more securely retained in place. The

comfort of the wearer is materially increased,

as the garter will remain in place under less tension than the ordinarystraight-woven garter. .l

The curvilinear shape of the fabric also permits me to form the garterfrom a single continuous piece of elastic fabric, extending from one ofthe clasp members 12 around the leg to the other clasp member 13.*

The usual hose attaching device 15 is attached to the garter by a fabrictab 16. As the elastic band 10 is continuous, the tab is merelystitchedto one surface of the band 10, as indicated in Fig. 4. In the preferredform, the tab 16 is of the special construction shown in detail in Figs.5 to 7.

The tabs are preferably formedfrom elastic fabric woven to the desiredshape and resilient lengthwise, so that a certain amount of verticalyield is made available by the use thereof. 'i

v Referring to Fig. 6, the tabs are formed by cutting sections from acontinuous piece of fabric which is in part longitudinally elastic. Thisfabric comprises an elastic portion 2() of varying width, merginginto-an elastic portion 21 of reduced and uniform width, which in turnmerges into a double non-elastic portion 22 of reduced thickness andcommonly of U-shaped section, as indicated in Fig. 7

The elastic warp threads 24 extend continuously through the portions 20and 21, but float during. the weaving of the portions 22 and arecommonly cut out in these portions before the tabs are attached to thegarters. The

tab fabric, woven as above described, is

separated along the lines w-a in Fig. 6, thus forming tabs `havingdouble end portions 5 U-shaped in section.

The upper end portions are turned in and secured by stitching to theband 10, as indicated in Fig. 5, thus providing a finished upper edgefor the tab 16 The two sides of the lower U-shaped end portion areseparated to receive a loop 30 and a strap 31 by which a hpse-attachingdevice may be secured in p ace.

The hose-attaching tab 16, thus constructed, provides a limited amountof verti' cal yield which also serves to increase the comfort of thewearer.

The method of producing curvilinear elastic fabric is disclosed in mycopending application Serial No. 307,424and the embodiment andexceptional utility of such fabric in articles for supporting garmentsor other items of apparel are disclosed in my copending applicationSerial No. 307,425.

r Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I donot wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise thanas set forth in the claim, but what I claim is A garter formed of acontinuous piece of narrow Woven elastic fabric of substantially uniformwidth and having an inherent curvilinear set, the upper edge of thegarter being the shorter edge, a hose attaching device depending belowthe longer edge of the garter, and a member extending below said loweredge and connecting said device to said elastic fabric, said connectingmember being longitudinally resilient, and the endportions thereof beingwoven double and non-resilient, by which the finishing of the endsthereof is attained.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afxed my signature.

JOHN v; Moonn.

